I'm a wife and mother of two, and I love recipes that the kids can be involved with. I'm always looking for new ways to make old favorites and different recipes from all over the world. I love making Lebanese food. My mother and gradmother are both Lebanese, so these are things I've grown up eating and can now share with my family and friends. I always have to make the pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas since I'm the baker in the family. One year I ventured away from the traditional pumpkin and pecan pies and made a bourbon chocolate pecan pie. Now I have to bring at least one every year. The most amazing thing I ever made was a 15 lb. pound cake in the shape of a lamp shade that I balanced on top of a mannequin leg for my mother's 47th birthday party. I have a really bad habit of setting my stovetop and oven on fire. I've done it at least five times. Needless to say I keep a fire extinguisher handy.